The latest in Criterion’s online magazine: An icon of Indian cinema and a breakup scene for the ages

Plus: The queerest of all Hollywood musicals and a look at the making of Stanley Kwan’s ROUGE [Current]( HIGHLIGHTS JULY 3, 2022 A roundup of recent articles from Criterion’s online magazine. Happy reading! [Between Joy and Pain]( The Mercurial Moods of a Legendary Indian Auteur. Director-actor-producer Guru Dutt—the subject of a retrospective now playing on [the Criterion Channel]( long been considered a tragic icon due to his early death. But there is more to his art than misery. By Mayukh Sen READ MORE [Poet Geet Chaturvedi pays tribute to Dutt in this fantasia that reimagines the great filmmaker’s death, newly translated by Ratik Asokan.]( [Gaying It Forward]( How Victor/Victoria Broke the Musical Mold. Both crowd-pleasing and gleefully subversive, Blake Edwards’s 1982 hit movie remains one of the few Hollywood musicals that unabashedly celebrates queer life. By Michael Koresky WATCH [Victor/Victoria is now playing on the Criterion Channel as part of the latest installment of Queersighted.Â]( [The Birth of a Hong Kong Classic]( Stories from the Making of Stanley Kwan’s Rouge. The producer of our edition of the film shares what she learned about Kwan’s creative process and his fiercely committed collaborators, including superstars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung. By Aliza Ma READ MORE [Critic Dennis Lim makes a case for Kwan as one of cinema’s truest romantics.]( [Anatomy of a Breakup]( Michelangelo Antonioni Charts the Slow Dissolution of a Love Affair. The latest article in our ongoing series One Scene examines the quietly tense opening scene of L’eclisse and its combination of formal precision and psychological insight. By Eskil Vogt READ MORE [Previous entries in our One Scene series have explored unforgettable moments in Midnight Cowboy, Fanny and Alexander, Monterey Pop, and High and Low.]( [Keeping It Simple with David Plunkert]( A Visit to the Artist’s Baltimore Studio. The graphic designer behind our covers for Diabolique, The Merchant of Four Seasons, and The Tin Drum explains his stripped-down, idea-driven aesthetic. Video by Tara Young WATCH [In our ongoing video series Studio Visits, we shine a spotlight on some of the talented artists we’ve worked with over the years.]( OLDIE BUT GOODIE [“Philip Baker Hall careens on an emotional bumper-car ride that snaps between self-pity, angry defiance, and grim hilarity.”]( —Nick Pinkerton on the actor, who passed away last month, and his performance as Richard Nixon in Secret Honor THE DAILY [Irma Vep Arrives on the Small Screen]( Olivier Assayas Revisits the World of One of His Most Beloved Films. In his new miniseries, the director grapples with the passage of time, his younger self, and the specter of film history. READ MORE [Back in May, director Jane Schoenbrun talked with us about a favorite scene in Assayas’s 1996 Irma Vep.]( For further information on Criterion and our products, please visit our website at [criterion.com.]( To start streaming the Criterion Channel, please visit [criterionchannel.com.]( If you are not already on our mailing list and would like to be added, please [click here]( to register at [criterion.com.]( To unsubscribe, [click here.]( © 2022 The Criterion Collection :: 215 Park Ave S. New York, NY 10003